The deal would create Total’s largest marketing and services unit outside of Europe.

The company, which bought the network with Egypt-based Beltone Private Equity, did not disclose how much it paid for Chevron’s Egypt assets. The deal includes 66 service stations, two oil depots, and aviation fuel operations at airports in Cairo and in Marsa Alam, which primarily serve European vacationers to Red Sea resorts.

Political upheaval and violence have roiled Egypt in recent months and intensified earlier this month with a violent crackdown on supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi.

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